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  Featured Meetup
  June Book - The Magicians by Lev Grossman
  • Sun Jun 24
    4:00 PM
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  • 3 attending
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  Panera Bread

  601 Troy Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY (map)

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  Billed as a grown-up Harry Potter, this adult novel follows Brooklyn teenager Quentin Coldwater to Brakebills Academy for an education in sorcery (and romance and general college debauchery). After graduation, Quentin moves back to New York with his magical friends but is unimpressed with his mystical life—until he learns that Fillory, the... Learn more

  Hosted by: Sarah (Benevolent Dictator)

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  July - No Book Needed!
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    Coming soon!
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  • 3 attending
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  Frear Park

  Park Boulevard & Lavin Court, Troy, NY (map)

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  Let's have a picnic at Frear Park in Troy!... No book needed for this gathering of book-lovers, just some good recommendations to share and some food to pass around.... Learn more

  Hosted by: Sarah (Benevolent Dictator)

Recent Meetups

• May 20 at 4:00 PM, 5 Readers attended

  May Book - Divergent by Veronica Roth
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  They rated it 4.001 (1 ratings)

  In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more... Learn more

• April 29 at 4:00 PM, 6 Readers attended

  April Book - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
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  They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings)

  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28815.Influence "Influence," the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"--and how to apply these... Learn more

• April 1 at 2:00 PM, 6 Readers attended

  Neverending Story - Continue book discussion & watch movie
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  They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings)

• March 25 at 4:00 PM, 3 Readers attended

  March book - The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (first half only)
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  They rated it 4.502 (2 ratings)

  

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  Very fun

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  Even though there weren't a lot that showed up, I think it went very well. ...

  —Alisha Bouchard

• February 26 at 4:00 PM, 4 Readers attended

  Article 5 (Excerpt) at Starbucks in Latham
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  They rated it 4.503 (3 ratings)

  

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  This was my first meet up so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really liked it! ...

  —Alisha Bouchard

  

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  Nice to meet some new bookworms!

  —Sarah